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Sirius

[sir-ee-uhs] / ˈsɪr i əs /
NOUN
Dog Star
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Donald Trump has ridiculed Denmark's defence of Greenland as amounting to "two dogsleds", but the Sirius Dogsled Patrol is no joke: the elite navy unit works in extreme conditions where only the toughest survive.

From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026

Large swathes of it are policed only by Sirius Patrol, a Danish special operations unit that relies primarily on dog sleds.

From BBC • Jan. 7, 2026

When Stern moved to Sirius from terrestrial radio in 2016, he commanded a huge audience estimated at 20 million listeners a day.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 16, 2025

It came loaded with a subscription to the Sirius radio service, featuring a channel devoted entirely to Bruce called E Street Radio.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

“I expect Potter will be reunited with dear Sirius before I am reunited with Lucius.”

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling




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